Gas-stove



W. J. BEST GAS STOVE.

. APPLICATION FILED AUG-18.1917- RENEWED SEPT. 25- 1920.

Patented M21131, 1921.

-' q WILLIAM. r e'ese, a: f ame-Er n's, pm

.wBe =it knownrthatrli; ,IWILLI-AM? a i :citizen; of; the UnitedrjStatesfi-and residing yat Cleveland, in; the County of .Cuyahoga and Stateof .Ohio,-hav e invented-a new and Improved'; Gas-Stove; of which the :followstoves in-awhichthe-broilin-g.chambertisw elow-the, oven, and its-object is "to provide; a -..-novel constructiomfor-the lower part of; the

oven which will insure acomparativelyf iflt'emperature therein and will ,prelentthis J n-temperaturein-the bottom oftheoven being 15.

ichanged to T a .marked extentwvheneYer, 'door of theyo'ven'isopened;y: 1,

.'.';T s? mventlon'l. consists in comblnatlon with a broiling chamber and an oven mounted above the broiling chamber and adapted to be heatedby means of the burners in the broiling chamber, of a'heat insulating medium between the bottom ofthe 'oven and the broiling chamber so that the heat of the burners will not be localized at the bottom of the oven. It further consists in so forming the lower part of the oven as to provide an air space, the top of which is level with the door when in open position. It further consists in providing an oven with a foraminous shelf which will be level with the door whenthat is opened an'dialso level with the top of the air space in the bot tom of the oven. n In theaccompanying drawings Figure '1 is a vertical section in perspective of this improved stove. Fig. 2-is a vertical section of the side wall at and just above the line of the burners.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts in'both views. i

This stove is' formed by mounting. the baking oven 1 above the broiling chamber 2 so that the same burners will answer for both. M The back of the stove is preferably formed of plates 3 and 4 which may be. continuous from the bottom of the broiling chamber to the top of the oven. The bottom of the broiling chamber is preferably formed of two plates'5 and 6 and plates 7 and 8 separate the oven from the broiling chamber, between which plates may be a layer 11 of asbestos, or mineral wool, although a simple air space maybe found sufficient. The air spaces between these several pairs of plates may be sealed'or not as desired. The sides of the oven and broili i ofjl iette I 113g seat... I aaia1gep o'raea- 0, spaced plates as shown in Fig. ;2, =;tl 1fe the broiling burners 141 are other openings .1..ent flAWaWL-Qfin n tionnlea:au ust aiem, se ialnos eawi.Litenee eSe tem'ber 25 ,"1920.Y Seria1-N 412,894.

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outer plates-9 being- .imperforate and. the inner plate 510; being formed with aiseries; Off open- ZiHgaEth JQWe :.si eop ning 2 d tt ng airitogthe ;broiling .chambenfrom the open,

- .1. wer nd f h p be w en these plat Z :-\-a lO t .Whi hiE-Et w yii a 1. i hroug w ich h ted. ai a lrn gases-may; pass from ,the' ,broilin'g chamber into the passage formed bythe plates 9 and Q;.Whi .h=a ndigase iflqw-frqm this-h sag -im i e QFCQHE thr ug h i pe i s 1 9 4 ell-r 1. th i ev n the he te r amiebu n gases may pass upwardly to the spacefbe tween the plates 18 and 19 through thefholes 20, shown in Fig. 1, and from this space the heated air and burnt gases may pass .to the space between the plates :19 and .21 through the opening 22 near the front plate 23 offthe stove. From this space between the plates 1 19v and 21 the air and gases will pass up into the chimney 24. It will thus be seen that the burners 14 are used for both the broiling j chamberandthe oven, for either or for both at the same time.

Ordinarilythe receptacles for the 'food' in, the oven will'rest on theyopen-work-shelf.

25 carried by the chann'els'26 secured to the as shown in Fig. 1, it will be level with the sides 10 of the oven. A front plate 27 'eX-" tends up from the bottom 7 of the oven to the height of this shelf 25 and the door 28 of the oven is sopivoted that when it is open shelf 25 and with the top of the front plate 27. This results in anair space between the shelf 25 and the bottom plate 7 of the oven," which is of great value as'hot air will remain undisturbed below the shelf 25 for a considerable period of time after the door 28 is opened. p I

" It will be observed that the walls sur rounding this air space between the shelf 25v and the bottom 7 are entirely imperforate and that there is no opportunity for transverse drafts of air in thisair space. Where such drafts are possible, an amount of cold air accumulates below the shelf .25 and re- I f mains there fora considerable period of time, being unaffected to a great extent by the hot air entering through the side opening 16. By preventing any circulation of air below the shelf '25, a very much more effective oven is produced. ,The location of and other flour products.

the broilin burners 14 immediately below. .7

and 8 insures proper heating,

the plates of the plate 7, although that may be insulated from the plate 8 by means of a blanket- 11 of fibrous asbestos or mineral W0O1,.O1'.t H

even by a dead-air space alone. This re "stilts i'n aneven heatingof the bottom ofthe cooking utensils resting upon the shelf 25',

Which is of great advantage in baking bread ing heated air and burnt gases fror'nthe top of the 'broilin'g chamber and discharging V *theminto the'sides f-the'oven, a door opening for the front of the oven a distance above the botto'm'thereof, a shelf mounted in said oven level With the bottom of the door'opening and -a"door hinged to the oven and adapted to swing down le'vel With's'aid shelf, the walls and bottom ofj the ovenbelovv the bottom of '{the door op'ening being imperioa gas stove, the combination of a broi-ling chamber, an oven above the broillng chamber, a heatinsulating partition *constituting the bottom of the oven and the top of the broiling chamber, broiling burners mounted below the partition, ashelf in "the ovenspaced a distance frbimsaid partition, the front -'of the oven 'extending' up to said partition, a door hinged at its lower, edge to the front of said oven' andadapted to'svving down to a horizontal position level with "said shelf, and 'a passage for burnt gases and heated air extending :Er'omthetop of the broili'n'g'chamber to'a'n opening in'the side of the oven 'above said -shelf.-

*3. A stove comprising a broi'ling chamber,

I an 'oven mounted fa'bove thebroiling cham- "her and having a doo r"opening,-a single-set of burners in the broiling "chamber, passages extending'from openings in the sid'es of the 'broiling chamber-to openingsinthesides of the 'oven,-and a shelf in the oven levelwith the bottom of the dooropening and so -"spaced abovethe "bottom of the oven as to leave an air space between them.

W LLI .-J. BEST. 

